The California Precision Rifle Club will be holding a "new precision rifle shooter" marksmanship clinic on 9/25/2011 at Angeles.
We will teach you how to get behind the gun/scope, attaining proper eye relief, using the features of the scope and natural point of aim.
Then we will check your zero at 100yds and get the knobs set to zero and work on the basics of marksmanship.
The course curriculum was written by a former USMC scout sniper instructor.
This is a beginning precision rifle shooter clinic so we will concentrate on basic marksmanship as it is the basis of all future learning.

One of the stated goals of CaPRC is to bring new shooters into precision riflery. That is why CaPRC holds these Clinics. These photos were from the Clinic "A" last month, more details about which can be found here:

[IMG]One of the stated goals of CaPRC is to bring new shooters into precision riflery. That is why CaPRC holds these Clinics. These photos were from the Clinic "A" last month, more details about which can be found here:

Peter, it's great that you're excited about precision riflery and getting a shooting mat. However, don't feel as though you need a shooting mat to shoot precision rifle. Lots of us use moving blankets to shoot and they work just fine.

Here's Randall shooting a match from a moving blanket:

Here's Seth shooting a match from a moving blanket:

The blanket didn't seem to impede his shooting either. Seth won that match:

One of my favorite photos from the Clinic A is this one:

That woman in the foreground brought her sporting clays vest. It worked just fine.

An open mind and an eagerness to learn will be far more important to a successful clinic experience than a dedicated shooting mat. Bring what you have to Clinic B.